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Show THE THUNDERBIRD SOUTHERN UTAH STATE COLLEGE, CEDAR CITY MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1989 PAGE 8 Arty Facts hosting a Valentines Day recital tomorrow featuring a recorder ensemble, Renaissance consort, string quartet, and a jazz ensemble. Between the groups numbers such as P. Goddards Abandon, Schuberts Auf den Strom (On the River), and Schumanns Quartet Op. 41, No. 1 will be performed. There will also be selections by Mozart, Haydn and Bartok, among others. The concert is free to the public and begins at 8 p.m. in Thorley Recital Hall. SUSC theatre patrons will have opportunity to view two one-ac- t plays Feb. 17 and 18, the latest productions in the colleges Works in Progress program. Free to the public, the winter quarter WIPs will feature two productions: Juvie, and Overlaid. Juvie is an impact drama about a group of jailed teenagers and is directed by junior theatre arts major Holly Bradford. Overlaid is a story about two people and between two philosophies of life. It is directed their by Michael R. Stasinos, a junior from Orem. For additional information, contact Roger Bean, theatre department Publicity director, Desert writer Richard Shelton returns to SUSC Feb. 21 to read his award-winnin- g poetry in the Braithwaite Fine Arts 7:30 at p.m. According to Literary Guild Gallery beginning President JoLynn Hoyt, a reception is also planned following the program in the SUSC Family Living Center. Shelton, a professor at the University of Arizona and a two-tim- e Pulitzer Prize nominee, has visited SUSC several times. We are bringing him back by popular request, SUSC literature and language department head David Lee said. Its been said that Shelton is the finest evocator of the desert that poetry has yet produced. The SUSC Music department tug-of-w- is ar 586-788- 0. The Western Opera Theatre will perform the Puccini opera classic Madame Butterfly Thursday. Opera graces Cedar City, Convo . BY KATRINA NIELSEN Love and betrayal, via the Western Opera Theatre, comes to Cedar City through the classic opera production Madame Butterfly, written by Giacomo Puccini, an Italian opera composer. Puccinis masterpiece will be performed Thursday, Feb. 16 at 8 p.m. in the Cedar High Auditorium. A special Convocation lecture demonstration on the opera will precede the performance at 11 a.m. in the Centrum. The story of Butterflys marriage to an American soldier stationed in Japan is one of the greatest love stories of opera literature. Following a romance that leads to her pregnancy, Butterflys beloved cavalier Pinkerton sails away as she is ostracized by her people. Their son is born and Butterfly yearns three long years for his return. When Pinkerton returns to Japan with his new American bride and demands his child, the final tragedy is sealed. The opera is famous for having been a fiasco at its premiere in February 1904, but by May of that year Puccini had revised the work, which has become one of the most popular and famous operas in the entire repertoire. The masterpiece of love and betrayal will be sung by young professionals from the Western Opera Theatre, affiliated with the San Francisco the WOT was Opera Center. Founded in 1966-6the first opera touring company to receive funding 7, from the National Endowment for the Arts. Since its beginning the company has given 1,500 performances of 35 operas for over two million people across the United States. d The present opera is sung in WOT The company is dedicated to English. y opera productions to bringing communities not served by a resident opera company. Aside from the Convocation demonstration, a master class, designed to teach opera technique, is also planned for Thursday at 1 p.m. Scheduled to be held in Thorley Recital Hall, the class is free to the public. According to Convocations coordinator Lana Johnson, the Western Opera Theatre offers a variety of workshops and seminars on all aspects of opera production. As interest in the performing arts continues to grow, and as more and more people are exposed to opera on television, radio and film, the demand for the real thing live performances has increased dramatically, Johnson said. The Western Opera Theatre has done much to help satisfy that demand. Tickets will be available for the evening performance at the door for $10. SUSC students are admitted free with their activity cards. Iron county students are also admitted free when accompanied by an adult ticket holder. For further information, contact Music Arts Carmen Hepworth, fully-stage- high-qualit- co-cha- 586-638- 5. ir |